Re: 2.6 kernel: module cannot be unloaded

[Andrew Schulman <andrex@deadspam.com>]

> I'm using a 2.6 kernel I compiled from the Debian source package, and
> encountering some odd behaviour.  I cannot unload modules--I get:
>
>     Module foo cannot be unloaded due to unsafe usage in
>     include/linux/module.h:483
>
> This results in having a lot of cruft in the kernel.  Is this a feature
> of the state of the 2.6 kernels at the moment (i.e., not fully
> release-ready) or have I miscompiled something?  I've not encountered it
> before, and searching LKML and Debian archives didn't find me anything
> helpful...

Are you using the updated modutils for 2.6?

apt-get install module-init-tools

and try again.  If that's not the problem, then sorry, I don't know what is.

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